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Sniper Challenge Coins
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In the movies and media, military snipers are glamorized as elite soldiers with a specific and particular skill set. While that’s certainly true, being a sniper with with U.S. military is often far more complicated and intricate than the movies show. But that’s not to diminish the importance of the sniper within their unit. On the contrary, snipers are often some of the most important soldiers in a platoon. This importance is as much down to the sniper’s role in providing stealthy reconnaissance as it is about exercising their “one shot, one kill” motto.
With their special training in stealth tactics and camouflage, military snipers are often tasked with getting in close to the enemy and collecting necessary and useful information to relay back to their commanders. It’s only through this information that tactically sound decisions can be made and the day won. In that sense, military snipers are every bit as responsible for saving the lives of the men and women in their unit as they are responsible for taking the lives of the enemies. Given the high level of skill and the high level of danger associated with their job, is there a better candidate for custom military challenge coins than military snipers?
When it comes to providing branches of the military with custom challenge coins, Signature Coins is bar none. We’ve spent over 15 years providing challenge coins to members of the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force. Our experience with each branch of the U.S. Armed Forces is great because each branch also has its own specially trained sniper teams all ready to start receiving their own personal unit challenge coins.
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All of the branches of the armed forces feature snipers in some fashion. According to the U.S. Army, the average soldier will hit a man-sized target 10 percent of the time at 300 meters. Soldiers who graduate from U.S. Army sniper school, however, are expected to achieve 90 percent first-round hits at 600 meters. These specially trained men and women perform feats that at first glance seem impossible. Adelbert Waldron III is said to have made a confirmed kill in Vietnam from 900 yards away while on a moving boat!
While each branch of the U.S. Military makes use of snipers, not all of them utilize these specialized soldiers in the same manner. U.S. Army snipers, for example, are deployed as a part of their larger unit. These soldiers provide support to their fellow infantrymen by way of providing information. They also can operate as overwatch support for combat units.
Meanwhile, Marine Corps Scout Snipers are likely to be deployed with their spotter and sent out scouting ahead of the main force. Marine Corps Scout Snipers can spend days or even weeks out gathering information and looking for high-value targets or targets of opportunity in an effort to help out their squad.
Some of the more interesting snipers in the armed forces are the Air Force counter snipers. Counter Sniper Teams are charged with protecting flight lines and other sensitive places. They are trained to remove the threat of snipers that could damage or destroy aircraft and prevent air missions from being conducted. Where snipers for the other branches go out into the fighting and provide support for their teams, Air Force counter snipers often remain in place and protect important equipment and personnel.
Each branch of a military sniper is generally responsible for providing their superiors with crucial information about the enemy. But, with some of these particular distinctions, each version of military sniper deserves a custom sniper challenge coin with logos, emblems, and mottos specific to the jobs they do.
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Law Enforcement Snipers
Not to be left out, law enforcement agencies also employ snipers. The jobs may not be exactly the same, but the overlap between them is vast. Both law enforcement snipers and military snipers are deployed with the intention of saving lives.
Law enforcement snipers are often members of the SWAT team, and they are most often deployed in hostage situations. For police snipers, unlike with the Marine Corps snipers who are looking for high-value targets, the firing of their weapon is intended as a last result only. And because their work often takes place in urban and metropolitan areas, police snipers may not work at distances as great as those in the military. Law enforcement officers, however, are still asked to make very difficult shots under very high-pressure situations.
A number of police snipers got their start as military snipers. As such, they’re bringing the tradition of challenge coins with them into the force. It only makes sense that they are granted custom sniper challenge coins for their hard work and dedication.
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At Signature Coins, we understand the importance of crucial information in guiding your way forward. That’s why, like a scout sniper, we make sure to get all of the information from our customers that we can on what they want to get out of their final custom challenge coins. This process begins with you submitting your ideas to us either over the phone, via email or in one of the free quote request forms found on this page.
Once we’ve got the needed information, our team of highly trained specialists will get back to you between 24 and 48 hours later with your first free art proof and a quote for production. If there’s anything about your coin you’re unsure of, this is the opportunity for you to make as many changes as you like. We offer FREE unlimited revisions to your coin until you’re completely happy and ready to take the shot.
Only after you sign off on it do we begin the production process. Once you pull the trigger and give us the go ahead with production, you can expect to have your order of sniper challenge coins in hand in 14 days or fewer. Our coins are delivered via FREE UPS priority air delivery to ensure the fastest and most accurate shipping imaginable.
It’s just that easy! Your custom military challenge coins are waiting to be customized and created. All you have to do is give us a call, shoot us an email or fill out one of the forms on this page, and you’re well on your way to giving your snipers something they’ll cherish for the rest of their lives.